{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Dataset","name":"Household package and unit-price baseline","description":"Current category-level package examples and normalized unit-price ranges for future shrinkflation monitoring.","url":"https://www.price-scout.app/blog/shrinkflation-household-unit-price-report","creator":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Price Scout","url":"https://www.price-scout.app/about"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Price Scout","url":"https://www.price-scout.app/about"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"Price Scout Data License","url":"https://www.price-scout.app/data-license"},"isAccessibleForFree":true,"dateModified":"2026-07-06","referenceZip":"33130","fresh":false,"methodology":["Collect current validated household-product records in the disclosed reference market.","Group records by category and retain only sourced high- or medium-confidence prices with normalized units.","Record the visible package description and calculate the lowest and highest current normalized unit price within each compatible category.","Report the unit-price spread as a shopping-risk signal, not as proof of historical shrinkage.","Preserve timestamps and source links so later observations can be compared against the baseline."],"limitations":["Current size differences between products are not automatically shrinkflation.","A shrinkflation claim requires the same compatible product or lineage observed at two points in time.","Formulas, quality tiers, diaper sizes, paper-sheet formats, and product variants can make superficially similar items incompatible.","Sparse categories remain outside the ranking instead of receiving estimated values."],"recordCount":0,"columns":[{"key":"category","label":"Category"},{"key":"records","label":"Records","type":"number"},{"key":"retailers","label":"Retailers","type":"number"},{"key":"packageExamples","label":"Current package examples"},{"key":"lowestUnitPrice","label":"Lowest unit","type":"money"},{"key":"highestUnitPrice","label":"Highest unit","type":"money"},{"key":"unit","label":"Basis"},{"key":"spreadPercent","label":"Spread","type":"percent"},{"key":"checkedAt","label":"Checked","type":"date"},{"key":"sourceUrl","label":"Example source","type":"link"}],"metrics":[{"label":"Baseline categories","value":"0","detail":"At least two compatible records"},{"label":"Source-backed observations","value":"0","detail":"Current product and package records"},{"label":"Largest current spread","value":"—","detail":"Comparison risk, not proof of shrinkage"}],"chartSeries":[],"records":[]}